Delayed-coin-controlled apparatus



Dec. 24, 1929. v. F. SLEZAK DELAYED com conrnouian mums Original Filed Harch 24, 1926 I h| TH l. h I I I I l In I mama Dec. 24, 1929 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE VINCENT I. SLEZAK, OI CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOB, BY HESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO

THE AMERICAN TICKET SCALE COMPANY, OP CHICAGO, II IIIINOIS, A CORPORATION 01 ILLINOIS DELAYED-COIN-CONTBOLLED APPARATUS Original application filed larch 24, 1928, Ierial No. 87,084. Divided and this application filed October 83, 1986. Serial No. 144,045.

The invention relates to new and'useful improvements in a coin controlled apparatus, and more particularly to the coin receiving and delivering devices which release the parts to be actuated.

In my prior application Serial No. 97 ,034, filed March 24, 1926, of which this application is a division, I have shown and described a coin controlled weight printing machine. In this machine, there is a printing wheel which is actuated by the weight of the individual so as to bring the type indicating the weight of the individual to a printing station. A ticket is presented to the type wheel, and through the aid of a hammer, the ticket is printed. In machines of-this type, it is very important that the printing wheel come to a standstill before the ticket is printed.

An object oLthepresent invention is to provide a coin chute for delivering a coin from the receiving slot to the trip lever, which coin chute is laid in a circuitous path between these points, so that there is suflicient delay between the time when the coin is entered and the time when the printing mechanism is released to print the ticket for the printing wheel to come to a standstill.

A further object of the invention is to provide a coin chute which is so constructed that the coin rolls back and forth by gravity, coming to a substantial standstill as it reverses its direction of movement, so that the time of travel of the coin through the chute is delayed for the purposes above stated.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a coin chute of the above type which is so constructed in cross section as to prevent the clogging ofthe coin by the passing ofpaper or the like with the coin through the slot by one who desires to tamper with the machine.

These and other objects will in part be obvious and will in part be hereinafter more fully disclosed.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a view part1 in section and partly in front elevation s owing the coin chute embodying my improvements;

Fig. 2 is a-view of a portion of the coin chute and showing the means for delaying the travel of the coin.

The invention is directed particularly to a coin chute used in connection with a coin controlled apparatus where it is desirable to have a considerable interval between the time when the coin is inserted in the slot and the time when the coin trips the releasing lever to set into action the mechanism of the coin controlled machine. This is particularly useful in conection with a coin controlled weight printing machine, such as shown in my prior application, of which this is a division. In this type of machine, a printin wheel bearing type-is rotated and positloned by the weight of the individual. A ticket is fed into proper position to be printed by the type, after which a printing hammer is caused to direct the ticket and print the weight thereon. The printing hammer is actuated by stored power, and the hammer is released by a coin. The coin is received through a slot in the front of the casing of the weighing machine, and the coin dropping into the chute, passes along the chute and finally engages and actuates the trip lever which releases the printing hammer. This chute along which the coinv passes is constructed so that the coin will have a circuitous path between the receiving slot and the trip lever. The printing wheel is so mounted that there is some slight oscillation therein and a period of time required for it to come to rest. The circuitous path through which the coin passes is of sufficient length, so that if the individual should drop a coin in the slot immediately upon stepping on the platform to position the printing wheel, the printing wheel will come to a stationary position before the coin trips the printing hammer.- This circuitous path in the present embodiment of the invention is accomplished by means of a zi zag coin chute. The coin rolls along the c ute from one end of a section to the other where its travel stops, or substantially stops, and

free to drop.

width in both directions that even though the coin turns and drops .flatwise, it will e Referring more in detail to the drawings, I have shown a portion of my coin controlled 1 weight printing machine, the coin receiving slot is indicated at 1. The trip lever for tripping the .printing hammer is indicated at 2. This trip lever is fulcrumed at 3 on a bracket 4, and is provided with a latch 6 which engages a lug 7 on one of the releasing levers 8. Theend of the trip lever 2 extends into a chute 9, which chute is substantially square in cross section, so that if the coin even turns to a fiatwise position, it will readily pass through this part of the chute. Directly above the chute 9 is a chute 10 consistingof a series of inclined cross chutes 11, 11. There might be any number of these in clined cross'chutes. A coin dropped 'in the slot 1 falls into the upper section of the cross chutes 11 and will roll along the cross chute and be delivered from the end thereofron to the upper end of the next cross chute. As the coin rolls off on to this lower cross chute, it comes substantially to a standstill as its direction of travel is reversed. It then rolls along the second cross chute and drops into a third, and so on down through all of the cross chutes, and is finally delivered into the vertical chute 9. Between the lower end of the chute 10 and the chute 9, there is a switching chute 12. When the switching chute stands in the position in Fig. 1 of the drawings, a coin will pass into the chute 9. This switching chute 12 may be positioned as shown in dotted lines when the coin controlled mechanism is not in condition to be operated by the coin, and then the coin will drop into the branch chute 13, and pass through the branch chute out through a suitable opening in the front of the casing and delivered back to the operator.

It will be noted from Fig. 1 of the drawings, that these cross chutes 11 are V-shaped. The reason for making these chutes V-shaped is to prevent the clogging of the coin by the inserting of paper or the like with the coin through the slot, by one who desires to tam r withthe machine. Any object which can e passed through the slot cannot clog the coin in this V-shape'd chute. The coin will roll freely along t e chute after the manner above described. It will also be noted that the coin chute is open at its upper side, and if for any reason it does become-clogged, access can be made to the chute at any point in its length for clearin out the clogging matter.

From the above 1t will be noted that I have provided a coin receiving and deliverin chute wherein the travel of the coin is delaye so as to permit certain operations of the mechanism prior to the releasing of the coin controlled devices. By this arrangement, all use of devices for closing the slot until the printing wheel comes to a standstill, or of any indicating devices to indicate when the type wheel comes to a standstill, and printed direcchute as particularly adapted for use in con-' nection with a wei ht printing machine, it will be understood t at it may be used in connection with other coin controlled devices where it is desired to have a considerable interval of time pass between the dropping of the'coin and the actuating of the trip lever.

It is obvious that minor changes in the details of construction and the shaping of the parts may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention as set forth in the appended claim.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure'by Letters- Patent, is-

A coin controlled weight printing machine including a casing havin a coin receiving slot, a trip lever for tripping the mechanism to be actuated to print the weight, a coin chute through which the coin passes from said coin slotto the trip lever, said coin chute including a series of inclined sections arranged in a zigzag path so that the coin rolls back andforth on its way to'the trip lever, and thus the time of travel of the coin between the coin receiving slot and the trip lever delayed, said coin chute being V-shaped in cross section with the upper side thereof open, whereby said side walls incline away from each other so as to prevent foreign matter inserted with the'coin from preventing the free passage of the coin along the chute, and so that in' case the coin does stop at any point in the chute, access may be made thereto for removing the coin and the foreign matter.

- In testimony whereof, I aifix my signature.

' VINCENT F. SLEZAK. 

